The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-21
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After teaching tho Top Of tho Heap Wastes
hla Fortune In Gambling mud DissIpn. /,
t!on, and then, Returns Home and
| NV Attempts to Commit Suicide.
GLsSvlRw, PA, June 2O.-On Monday
last Walter Wade, a bold, dashing stock
and provision spoculator, came from Gal.
iiornia to fulall a promise Of marriage
with Miss Fannie Eckert, which was to
take place at noon on Thursday. The
most elaborate preparations had been
made, and tho relatives and friends OF
the young lady waited with every emo.
ton OF pleasure for the happy event, bu.
waited IN vain. Wade's recent III luck In
the speculative field drove him to despair,
and, rather than face the disappointment
which would inevitably follow. he at.
tempted suicide on Wednesday and now
lies, hopsleusly insane at the home Of his
parents, some distance from this place.
Walter is the only son of j. .Warnes
Wade, who soon after his marriage fell
heir to large fortune. Aiter the Young
mun had completed his collegiate etudies
and graduated with high honors, he de-
cided to take trip to California before
settling down, and so informed his parents,
They entreated him to remain at home,
bnt sll to no purpose. Appealing to his
father he said: loan me one thousand
dollars, and l will return 1t with INTEREST,"
His father Immediately filed. out check
ior the amount and handed It to him.
s' SUDDEN RETURN HOME. II
The next day after spending an hour
with hia intended bride Wade started for
California in pursuit OF fsme and fortune.
-Four years afterward his family and
friends were surprised to see him arrive
home. lie entered bis fathers house as
though his absence had been but for
day, drew up chair to where his father
Sat, and taking from well filed pocket.
book Sl,2io he handed the money to his
father, saying, "Here is the borrowed
money with Blk per cent interest,""
: This was all so rapidly done that Mr.. |
Wade had hardly time 10 realize who 1t |
Was and what 1t mesnt. As be related to
his parents. he had met with phenomenal
success, and by shrewd and conservative
speculation hsd amassed over one million
dollars. Alter q few days stay, during
which time he renewed his pledges Of
love to Miss Eckatt, who in the four years
Of waiting never doubted his sincerity, he
departed again. Letter alter letter was
received by her, in which he boosted OF
his continued success, and eaid that he
vas now perfecting arrangements to come
home to remain. The wedding wss there.
fore fixed Tor June 10. But his character
was too weak to resist the social tempts-
tons that now be6et him,
| An lrresietable fondnees for wine and
champagne suppers took possession OF
Wade, which was soon followed by eyerv
form Of wild and reckless disgipa,iou.
Then luck turned against him, and he be-
gan to lose money until his fortune was
nearly all swept away. Depressed in
spirits, the dashing speculator returned
home. bis general appearance WIS de.
lscted, but by the aid Of stimulsnt he
managed to assume his old-time spirits.
In this way the suspicion that might other
wise have been excited was overcome.
"a Wednesday afternoon Wade re.
marked to HIS father that he desired TO
write come businega letters and for that
purpose he retired to his room, giving in
strucsions that his privacy be not intruded
upon. Everything in the way Of p.epara-
ton ior the wedding next day had reached
q point Of completeness, and at s p. NJ. a
friend Of the groom called to SEQ him, As
the matter was urgent, his father went up
stairs and called him. ~ 'g
s FOUND HANGING TO A RED POST,
He repeated the call and, receiving no
response, forced the door open. To bis
horror, he behold hia son suspended from
a halter strap, with the other end knoted
around the top OF the bed post, almost
dead from strangu!etion. He quickly cut
the strap, and placed the body on the bed,
and then quietly but quickly summoned
physlcian. The doctor said that another
minute would have produced death, and
that while he might survive, he would be
lhopalessly inaane. X l@'.s} -
The buaineaH letters which he was sup.
poaed to be writing were to Miss Eckert
and his parents. They told OF his diss:p..
ton aud bis losses at gambling and Of his
complete ruin. He says in his letter to
the young lady: 357',1Sn
For many months I had constant run
Of III luck. The ardor OF gambling, unlike
every other passion, is rather increased
than diminished by loss and disappoint.
ment: Without being warned, therefore,
by i'll success, l still went on until the
very last dollar OF my money wae gone. I
then began to draw gradually on the SlO.-
600 you placed in my hands io1 safe Keep.
ing until the day of our marriage, IN
small amonnts. Following the bent OF
my eyll genius, sum after sum wss taken,
and alike buried in that accuraed vortex
which had already swallowed up 80 much
from me-" srat AL :, l.,. 7I' II
To his father he says: 2L
Eighteen months ago I attached nv
name to a paper, the prospectus OF which
was profitable land scheme. 1t Originate
cd with aharpeta and l was victimized,
Periodical sprees were indulged In, and,
with a hope OF retrieving some Of nv
losses, came Eaat for change. was
persistent bull on the stock market and
lost heavily laat December. thereafter
invested heavily in pork .snd wheat, and
was completely swsmped." "a '5I'@
Immediately after the occurrence the
house was closed, and Aliss Eckert and a
few friends were quietly notified. Miss
Eckert was completely prostratel. For
few hours yesterday abe SIT by tho bed.
side OF her lover aud listened to his raw.
ings over the stock and provision market.
Wade is S5 years old. f.fs 1Ss
Defaultor Wilson Kslnnndetl,
ToRoSro, ONT, June 2O.-Wilson the de-
faulting treasurer Of tho Oheaapeake and
Delaware Canal Company has been re-.
manded until Friday, 90 as to enable wit.
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